near to Aberdeen, Great Britain

West Tower of Aberdeen's Victorian Town House, built by Peddie & Kinnear (1868-74). The council has recently (2011) moved into the Marischal College building which had major internal building works.
The foreground statue is "The Mannie in the Green" (1706). It stands on a wellhead which has been moved from The Green to become the Castlegate Well.

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The terra cotta statue on Simpson's building for the 'North of Scotland Bank' (1839-42) was by his friend James Giles, and was in appreciation of agricultural improvement in the northeast. It is a representation of the Greek 'mother-earth' goddess Demeter (adopted as Ceres in later Roman mythology).